N-Dubz’s Dappy has been hospitalised after he ‘fell from his horse and was subsequently kicked in the face’.

The accident happened while the rapper was riding the horse in the grounds of his Hertfordshire home on Wednesday.

‘I can confirm that my client was involved in a horse riding accident at home where he fell from his horse and was subsequently kicked in the face,’ a representative for Dappy told The Mirror.

He added: ‘Dappy was rushed to hospital where he received medical treatment and is now recovering.’

Dappy has not had the best year, being convicted in connection with a fight at a petrol station in Guildford, Surrey in January and given a six-month suspended sentence and 150 hours of community service.

The court heard how the brawl started after Dappy approached two girls and tried to persuaded them to get in his car, when they declined he allegedly called one of them ugly and spat in her face.